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FIA race director giggled over reverse track idea
FIA race director Michael Masi said that the idea from some fans to trial races on the opposite track layout made him 'giggle'. The idea was proposed as a way of making the 2020 double-header events at the Red Bull Ring and Silverstone more entertaining. It has since been confirmed that the idea of reverse-grid sprint races to determine a grid for the main race are back on the table, but the idea from fans of racing the wrong way around a track made Masi 'giggle'. 'I did have to have a giggle when I saw some comments about some circuits running backwards!,' he said on Sky Sports F1's latest vodcast. 'All of the circuits, and the safety infrastructure is designed – be it the walls,...
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